Consider the following species: BrF5, XeF5-, BF4-, ICl4-, XeF4, SF4, NH4+, ClF3, XeF2, ICl2- Number of species having sp3d hybridized central atom is .
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
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According to Lewis theory, the total number of bond-pairs and lone pair of electrons around the central atom of XeO64- ion is .
The sum of sigma ( ) and pi ( ) bonds in Hex-1,3-dien-5-yne is .
Total number of non-bonded electrons present in NO2- ion based on Lewis theory is .
Total number of molecules/species from the following which will be paramagnetic is . O2, O2+, O2-, NO, NO2, CO, K2[NiCl4], [Co(NH3)6]Cl3, K2[Ni(CN)4]
The number of molecules/ions that show linear geometry among the following is . SO2, BeCl2, CO2, N3-, NO2, F2O, XeF2, NO2+, I3-, O3
The total number of species from the following in which one unpaired electron is present, is . N2, O2, C2-, O2-, O22-, H2+, CN-, He2+
Total number of electrons present in ( ) molecular orbitals of O2, O2+ and O2- is .
Number of molecules from the following which are exceptions to octet rule is . CO2, NO2, H2SO4, BF3, CH4, SiF4, ClO2, PCl5, BeF2, C2H6, CHCl3, CBr4
Number of molecules having bond order 2 from the following molecules is . C2, O2, Be2, Li2, Ne2, N2, He2
Number of molecules from the following which can exhibit hydrogen bonding is . (nearest integer) CH3OH, H2O, C2H6, C6H6, [figure] , HF, NH3
Total number of species from the following with central atom utilising sp2 hybrid orbitals for bonding is . NH3, SO2, SiO2, BeCl2, C2H2, C2H4, BCl3, HCHO, C6H6, BF3, C2H4Cl2
In the Lewis dot structure for NO2-, total number of valence electrons around nitrogen is .
Number of compounds from the following with zero dipole moment is . HF, H2, H2S, CO2, NH3, BF3, CH4, CHCl3, SiF4, H2O, BeF2
Number of molecules/species from the following having one unpaired electron is . O2, O2-1, NO, CN-1, O22-
Number of compounds / species from the following with non-zero dipole moment is . BeCl2, BCl3, NF3, XeF4, CCl4, H2O, H2S, HBr, CO2, H2, HCl
The number of molecules/ion/s having trigonal bipyramidal shape is . PF5, BrF5, PCl5, [PtCl4]2-, BF3, Fe(CO)5
The number of species from the following in which the central atom uses sp3 hybrid orbitals in its bonding is . NH3, SO2, SiO2, BeCl2, CO2, H2O, CH4, BF3
A diatomic molecule has a dipole moment of 1.2 D. If the bond distance is 1 Å, then fractional charge on each atom is 10-1 esu. (Given 1 D = 10-18 esucm)
The total number of molecular orbitals formed from 2s and 2p atomic orbitals of a diatomic molecule is .
The number of species from the following which are paramagnetic and with bond order equal to one is . H2, He2+, O2+, N22-, O22-, F2, Ne2+, B2
Number of compounds with one lone pair of electrons on central atom amongst following is . O3, H2O, SF4, ClF3, NH3, BrF5, XeF4
The total number of molecules with zero dipole moment among CH4, BF3, H2O, HF, NH3, CO2 and SO2 is .
The total number of anti bonding molecular orbitals, formed from 2s and 2p atomic orbitals in a diatomic molecule is .
The number of non-polar molecules from the following is . HF, H2O, SO2, H2, CO2, CH4, NH3, HCl, CHCl3, BF3